St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-24

Aoih III i1uSldllu On lue steamer EtluIla.
DR.. Asa Gray the eminent botanist, is re.
ported to be suffering from a stroke Of apo
plexy at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He
is sseventy-seven years old,
While Nine. Janauschek, the actress, and
Frank S. Hawley, her manager, were taking
drive in Dover, n. H., the horses ran away.
Hawley was thrown from the carriage and
severely bruised. Nine. JanausChek was
not injured.
John Buckley was found dying of pneu-
monia in the loft of an old barn in New
Haven, Conn, recently. A few feet away
was found the dead body Of his wife. They
had been living in the barn for several
weeks, and Mrs. Buckley, while attending
her husband, was stricken down and died.
Buckley was almost starved
The ground caved in about the main en-
gine shaft of the Calumet and Hecla mine,
at Calumet, Mich, recently. A covering,
twenty feet square, of timber was thrown
across the opening and earth piled on it.
Volumes Of smoke and gas escaped. The
/ ground has settled from twelve to fifteen feet
between the No. Hecla shaft and the main
engine shaft.
! A fire is raging in the coal mines Of the
Roane Iron Company, at lockwood, Tenn.
! A large house in Gravesend Long Island,
/ owned by J. NJ. Ceballos, and occupied by
! s. NJ. Berry and family, has been burned ,
loss, $4,000 Mrs. Berry had 81, 100 in
money and 5000 worth of diamonds in the
house, which were lost
Terrebourne College in Montreal, Quebec
has been burned. The water supply was de-
ticient. Loss, $4,000 insured.
A telegram from San Francisco says the
death is reported from Whatcom, w. T., Of
the notorious Rev. Isaac S. kalloch He was
elected mayor of San Francisco on the
Workingman's ticket in 1879. During the
campaign he was shot by Charles De Young,
at that time editor of the Chronicle. The
dispute grew out of a number Of personal
attacks u.ade by Doth parties few months
later kalloch's son went to the Chronicle
office and shot De Young dead, and was
atterward acquitted Of the charge Of murder.
AT the close of his term of office as mayor
Mr.. kalloch removed to Washington Terri
tory.
At Chicago John, Samuel and James Lit
5000 temporarily to a supposed stockman,
whose acquaintance they made on the train.
He gave them as security 81 900 govern
ment bond. IN the evening, when he failed
to keep his appointment to return to them,
they learned that the bond was counter
felt.
Deputy United States Marshal Thomas has
taken to Fort Smith, Ark, forty-two crimi
mails. Twelve are charged with murder and
five with assault with intent to kill. They
all came from the Indian Territory, and will
be tried in the United States court.
The house of Michael Harris, near Wash
ington, Oak, has been burned Harris and
one child escaped the wife and six other
children were burned to death.
A rain bound north on the st. Louis,
Arkansas and Texas railroad was stopped by
three train robbers near Texarkana, Ark,
recently. The postal clerk and the express
messenger extingmshed the lights in their
compartments and locked the doors, but
finding resistance useless they soon opened
them again. 1t is supposed the robbers got
about $4,000. There was a panic among
the passengers, who seemed paralyzed with
fear. The robbers did not touch the mails.
After the robbery officers were soon on the
ground, and two of them had a running
fight with the robbers for about a mile and
half. One robber lost his hat and cartridge
box. Another was wounded, as shown by
blood along the track. All parties were
mounted and the robbers escaped.
James H. Gambrill, Jr., son of the pro-
&c ;r,L ;o1- ,l
and killed Nelson Stanton, colored, whom
he caught stealing coal from the mill. A
coroners jury rendered a verdict that the
shooting was "a piece of mischance and acci
dent" and young Gambrll was released
from custody.
Philip Stein. charged with numbering
William Jones at Erie, Pa, on December l.,
has been arrested in Auburn, N. Y. He de-
MES the charge.
A party of men near Bear City, Kan,
chased gang of horse thieves into the Pan
Handle and killed three of them. Several
of the pursuing party were injured.
Henry Lovey went into the apartments of
Xavier Guerdat, at Torrington, Conn, and
shot Mrs. Guerdat dangerously. Lovey sub
committed suicide.
George Gorham Bond, twenty-four years
of age, and member of well-known and
wealthy Boston family, committed suicide
by shooting himself in the Gilsey House.
New York.
John Fahey, manager of the Dominion
Agency, ex-City Detective Naigle and Con-
stable Bruneau, of the Grand Trunk rail
way, have been arrested IN Montreal on the |
charge of having committed the burglary
which took place two months ago, when the
vaults of the Bonaventura depot were broken
into and the station cash-boxes robbed of
$1,000. The prisoners say the charge is a
against them.
A motion to quash the Indictment in the
case of James W. Sykes has been argued in
the Criminal Court at Chicago. Sykes was
a large dealer in seeds, and by the issuance
Of fraudulent warehouse receipts swindled
the Merchants Loan and Trust Company of
that city of $4,000. The Hide and Leather
Bank also suffered.
rhe total value Of our exports of mineral
oils during the eleven months which closed
on November 80, was s41 ,246, ,2s6, decrease
Of $217S,52s compared with those of the cor
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